Congress
This chamber of Congress is designed to represent all states equally.
What is the Senate?
List three key powers of the President as outlined in the Constitution.
What is Commander-in-chief, veto power, appointing federal judges ?
The term bicameralism refers to the
What is the Establishment of two legislative chambers that have different structures and rules ?
After a national census has been taken, changes in population distribution cause the changing of congressional seats among the states. This effect is commonly called .
What is Reapportionment
This court case established the Supreme Court's informal power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The constitutional reason Franklin Roosevelt reported to Congress on December 8, 1941, that Japan had attacked America.
What is Congress' power to declare war?
In addition to signing and vetoing, this is the third option afforded to presidents upon the presentment of bills from Congress.
What is the pocket veto?
What are the structures of the House of Representatives?
Larger body, more representative with constituents in specific Geographic spaces
What case argued that redistricting in North Carolina was racial gerrymandering?
What is Shaw vs Reno
In this case, the Court struck down racially-based gerrymandering.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
What power does the President have to "check" Congress?
What is Vetoing legislation
In 1942, Franklin Roosevelt used this implied power to establish relocation centers and detail American citizens.
What is an executive order?
The most powerful person in the Senate is the
What is the Majority Leader
Drawing distinct boundary lines to benefit a political party.
What is Gerrymandering?
What is Baker v. Carr?
How many Senators are there from each state?
What is Two
In 1913, Woodrow Wilson began the modern tradition by which presidents use this annual message as a tool for agenda-setting.
What is the State of the Union address?
Much like a president, a judge can be removed through this constitutional process.
What is impeachment?
Jimmy Carter tried to cancel superfluous water projects early in his term as president, decrying them as this type of legislation.
What is pork barrell legislation?
Does a congressional district, designed for the purposes of assuring a majority black population violate the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause?
What is Shaw vs Reno?
What is the primary responsibility of the House of Representatives?
What is Initiating all revenue-raising bills?
The justification for a single executive was outlined in this Federalist Paper.
What is Federalist #70?
The Supreme Court ruled in INS v. Chadha that this tool of Congress to control the president and the executive bureaucracy was unconstitutional.
What are legislative vetoes?
Since Jimmy Carter has only served one term in office, this constitutional amendment guarantees he is eligible to run for one more term.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
The Supreme Court's inability to enforce decisions was made apparent after Andrew Jackson ignored the court's finding that the Indians nation could not be legally removed from their native land.